Howard Garfinkel’s Top High School Players of All-Time
The 1920-1940′s
| Name | High School | City,State |
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| John Wooden | Martinsville | Martinsville,IN | 1928 | ||
| Dolly King | Alexander Hamilton High | Brooklyn,NY | 1935 | ||
| William “Pop” Gates | Benjamin Franklin | Brooklyn,NY | 1937 | ||
| Joe Fulks | Kuttawa | Kuttawa,KY | 1937 | ||
| Bob Davies | John Harris | SC | 1938 | ||
| George Mikan | Joliet Catholic | Joliet,IL | 1941 | ||
| Bobby Wanzer | Benjamin Franklin | Brooklyn,NY | 1941 | ||
| Sid Tannenbaum | Thomas Jefferson | Brooklyn,NY | 1941 | ||
| Ralph Beard | Male | Louisville,KY | 1944 | ||
| Isaac Walthour | Benjamin Franklin | Brooklyn,NY | 1946 | ||
| Rabbit Walthour | Benjamin Franklin | Brooklyn,NY | 1946 | ||
| Sherman White | Dwight Morrow | Englewood,NJ | 1947 |
The 1950′s
| Name | High School | City,State |
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| Sihugo Green | Boys | Brooklyn,NY | 1951 | ||
| Tom Gola | LaSalle College High | Philadelphia,PA | 1951 | ||
| Bill Russell | McClymonds | CA | 1952 | ||
| Stacy Arceneaux | Taft | Bronx,NY | 1953 | ||
| Danny Power | St. Ann’s Academy | New York,NY | 1953 | ||
| Elgin Baylor | Spingarn | Washington DC | 1954 | ||
| Tommy Kearns | St. Ann’s Academy | New York,NY | 1954 | ||
| Wilt Chamberlin | Overbrook | Philadelphia,PA | 1955 | ||
| Alan Seiden | Jamaica | Jamaica,NY | 1955 | ||
| Guy Rogers | North East | PA | 1955 | ||
| Oscar Robertson | Crispus Attucks | Indianapolis,IN | 1956 | ||
| Tony Jackson | Thomas Jefferson | Brooklyn,NY | 1957 | ||
| Tom Stith | St. Francis Prep | Queens,NY | 1957 | ||
| Larry Brown | Long Beach | Long Beach,NY | 1958 | ||
| Jerry Lucas | Middletown | Middletown,OH | 1958 | ||
| Ron Johnson | Van Buren | Jamaica,NY | 1958 | ||
| Art Heyman | Oceanside | Oceanside,NY | 1959 | ||
| Barry Kramer | Linton | Schenectady,NY | 1959 |
The 1960′s
| Name | High School | City,State |
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| Connie Hawkins | Boy’s | Brooklyn,NY | 1960 | ||
| Roger Brown | Wingate | Brooklyn,NY | 1960 | ||
| Bill Bradley | Crystal City | Crystal City,MO | 1961 | ||
| Billy Cunningham | Erasmus Hall | Brooklyn,NY | 1961 | ||
| Lew Alcindor | Power Memorial | New York,NY | 1965 | ||
| Calvin Murphy | Norwalk | Norwalk,CT | 1966 | ||
| Rick Mount | Broughton | Lebanon,IN | 1966 | ||
| Pete Maravich | Edwards Military Inst. | NC | 1966 | ||
| Jim McMillian | Jefferson | Brooklyn,NY | 1966 | ||
| Spencer Haywood | Pershing | Detroit,MI | 1967 | ||
| Ken Durrett | Schenley | Pittsburgh,PA | 1968 | ||
| Howard Porter | Booker | FL | 1968 | ||
| George McGinniss | Washington | Indianapolis,IN | 1969 | ||
| Mel Davis | Boy’s | Brooklyn,NY | 1969 |
The 1970′s
| Name | High School | City,State |
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| Tom McMillan | Mansfield | Mansfield,PA | 1970 | ||
| Bill Walton | Helix | La Mesa,CA | 1970 | ||
| Quin Buckner | Thornridge | Dolton,IL | 1972 | ||
| Walter Luckett | Kolbe | Bridgeport,CT | 1972 | ||
| Adrian Dantley | DeMatha | Hyattsville,MD | 1973 | ||
| Moses Malone | Petersburg | Petersburg,VA | 1974 | ||
| Alfred “Butch” Lee | Dewitt Clinton | Bronx,NY | 1974 | ||
| David Rivers | St. Anthony | Jersey City,NJ | 1974 | ||
| Darrell Griffith | Male | Louisville,KY | 1976 | ||
| Mike O’Koren | Hudson Catholic | Jersey City,NJ | 1976 | ||
| Earvin “Magic” Johnson | Everett | Lansing,MI | 1977 | ||
| Gene Banks | West Philadelphia | Philadelphia,PA | 1977 | ||
| Albert King | Ft. Hamilton | Brooklyn,NY | 1977 | ||
| Kelly Tripucka | Bloomfield | Bloomfield,NJ | 1977 | ||
| Jeff Ruland | Sachem | Lake Ronkonkoma,NY | 1977 | ||
| Mark Aguirre | Westinghouse | Chicago,IL | 1978 | ||
| Sam Bowie | Lebanon | Lebanon,PA | 1979 | ||
| Isiah Thomas | St. Joseph’s | IL | 1979 | ||
| Ralph Sampson | Harrisonburg | Harrisonburg,VA | 1979 | ||
| Clark Kellogg | St. Joseph’s | Cleveland,OH | 1979 | ||
| James Worthy | Ashbrook | Gastonia,NC | 1979 | ||
| Dominique Wilkins | Washington | NC | 1979 |
The 1980′s
| Name | High School | City,State |
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| Glenn “Doc” Rivers | Proviso East | Maywood,IL | 1980 | ||
| Patrick Ewing | Rindge-Latin | Cambridge,MA | 1981 | ||
| Michael Jordan | Laney | Wilmington,NC | 1981 | ||
| Chris Mullin | Xaverian | Brooklyn,NY | 1981 | ||
| Pearl Washington | Boy’s and Girl’s | Brooklyn,NY | 1983 | ||
| Reggie Williams | Dunbar | Baltimore,MD | 1983 | ||
| Ben Wilson | Simeon | Chicago,IL | 1985 | ||
| James Blackmon | Marion | Marion,IN | 1985 | ||
| Rex Chapman | Apollo | Owensboro,KY | 1986 | ||
| Christian Laettner | Nichols | Buffalo,NY | 1988 | ||
| Alonzo Mourning | Indian River | Cheseapeake,VA | 1988 | ||
| Billy Owens | Carlisle | Carlisle,PA | 1988 | ||
| Kenny Anderson | Archbishop Molloy | Queens,NY | 1989 | ||
| Bob Hurley Jr. | St. Anthony | Jersey City,NJ | 1989 | ||
| Shaquille O’Neal | Robert G. Cole | TX | 1989 |
The 1990′s
| Damon Bailey | Lawrence | Bedford,IN | 1990 | ||
| Grant Hill | South Lakes | Reston,VA | 1990 | ||
| Jason Kidd | St. Joe-Notre Dame | Alameda,CA | 1992 | ||
| Rasheed Wallace | Simon Gratz | Philadelphia,PA | 1993 | ||
| Jerry Stackhouse | Oak Hill | VA | 1993 | ||
| Felipe Lopez | Rice | New York,NY | 1994 | ||
| Kevin Garnett | Farragut | Chicago,IL | 1995 | ||
| Stephon Marbury | Lincoln | Brooklyn,NY | 1995 | ||
| Vince Carter | Mainland | Daytona Beach,FL | 1995 | ||
| Kobe Bryant | Lower Merion | Philadelphia,PA | 1996 | ||
| Elton Brand | Peekskill | NY | 1999 | ||
| Jay Williams | St. Joe’s | Metuchen,NJ | 1999 |
The 2000′s
| Carmelo Anthony | Oak Hill | VA | 2002 | ||
| Raymond Felton | Latta | Latta,SC | 2002 | ||
| LeBron James | St. Vincent-St. Mary | Akron,OH | 2003 | ||
| Chris Paul | West Forsyth | NC | 2003 | ||
| Dwight Howard | Southwest Atlanta Christian | Atlanta,GA | 2004 | ||
| Greg Oden | Lawrence | Indianopolis,IN | 2006 | ||
| Kevin Durant | Montrose Christian | MD | 2006 | ||
| Derrick Rose | Simeon | Chicago,IL | 2007 | ||
| Austin Rivers | Winter Park | Winter Park,FL | 2011 | ||
| Shabazz Muhammad | Bishop Gorman | Las Vegas,NV | 2012 | ||
| Kyle Anderson | St. Anthony | Jersey City,NJ | 2012 |